Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

The guards and the servants looked up worriedly, but were greeted with Su Qian's gloomy gaze.

That gaze was darker than the thickest and blackest ink, like a deep night without sunlight, or like a bottomless cliff.

It was so eerie and terrifying that no one dared to look him in the eye a second time.

Is this still the Second Young Master who is always smiling and never minds the occasional teasing from the servants in the mansion?

The guards and servants didn't dare to look anymore and left the room with their heads down.

The already quiet room became even quieter. Su Qian stood up from his chair and walked towards the house where Yan Xi once lived with a clear goal.

When I opened the door, I found the room was so clean that it didn't look like anyone had ever lived there.

She left nothing behind, as if she had been ready to leave long ago.

In the empty house, the door was wide open and the wind blew in. The whistling wind brought a biting chill into Su Qian's bones.

Su Qian stood quietly in the room for a long time before he seemed to hear the sound of the wind.

He walked to the window.

A familiar note was stuck in the window frame, and Su Qian took it out.

The handwritten words became blurred due to wind and sun, and the note was tattered. No one cared, just like his thoughts that no one cared about.

Suddenly, Su Qian, who had no expression on his face, laughed out loud:

“Hehe…Hehe.”

The cold laughter was chilly, gradually becoming extremely faint, and carrying with it a sense of despair that no one could save them.

"I will find you."

"Yanxi."

The low murmur could not be heard by anyone except himself. It was a whisper in the ear of a lover, but also a heavy chain that bound a flying bird.

……

"Miss Yanxi, the temperature has dropped recently, so you have to be careful."

A gentle-faced woman in her forties stood up, took a few steps, and closed the window that was whistling in the wind.

"Thank you very much, Aunt Sun. I bought some more brightly colored cloth a few days ago. You can take it back later and make two winter clothes for Sister Ying and Sister Rong."

Yanxi put down the book in her hand, smiled and nodded.

She took out two pieces of cotton cloth from the box, one was peach pink and the other was goose yellow, just right for a girl around ten years old.

Aunt Sun took it and carefully touched the fine material again and again, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart:

"I didn't buy too much. Miss Yanxi's favorite colors are Dusk Purple and Cloud Blue. Such fresh colors must be bought specially for her daughter."

Aunt Sun thanked him again and again before saying goodbye and leaving.

"Then I would like to thank you on behalf of Sister Ying and Sister Rong."

Aunt Sun left for a while before Yan Xi put down the book in his hand. He stared blankly at a pot of green plants beside him, with a myriad of thoughts running through his mind.

This year marks the third year since she left Beijinghou Mansion.

By then, I knew that Ji Youran had divorced and was punished to go into seclusion, and the Shangshu had also been demoted. So many things happened one after another, the situation was turbulent, and it looked extremely terrifying.

Yan Xi acted decisively and sold the yard at a low price and left the capital as soon as possible.

When I was leaving the city, I happened to meet Aunt Sun and her family who had saved enough money and wanted to return to their hometown.

Aunt Sun raised two daughters, who were not very old, by herself, and life was hard and difficult.

Yan Xi thought, since he had no home and didn't know where to go, he might as well go with her and she could help and take care of him on the way.

This has been going on for a long time now.

Aunt Sun’s hometown is actually not far from the capital. If there is a straight route, the distance between the two sides is only a dozen miles.

But the town is separated by several mountains and is not well-known, so outsiders basically don't know about this place.

Yanxi settled down here.

Aunt Sun originally wanted to go back to her old business and open a steamed bun shop.

But the small town is not like the capital. No matter how good the craftsmanship is, if the price is high, few people will support it.

Yan Xi simply suggested that they both contribute money to buy the inn and start a business together.

Aunt Sun was responsible for preparing breakfast. Yanxi also had a lot of recipes in his hands, so he hired a few cooks and opened the inn.

Because of its good quality and low price, many people come and go, and this inn has some fame in the town.

Originally, with the capital Yan Xi had, she could have bought a small inn directly without having to form a partnership with anyone.

But in this world, even if things are peaceful, women will encounter many obstacles and hurdles when they go out.

Yanxi is used to being cautious, and he thoroughly implements the principle of not showing off one's wealth.

In addition, she also thought about hiding her identity.

Outside, she always called herself a distant relative who came to seek refuge from Aunt Sun's family.

Yanxi and Aunt Sun called each other aunt and niece. Since they had a source, outsiders would not easily doubt her identity.

In the past few years, from time to time, she would think of the young man with stars in his eyes, looking at her expectantly and saying he wanted to marry her.

Occasionally, Yan Xi would worry: Would her decisive departure hurt the boy's heart, and would he look for traces of her everywhere?

But in a moment, Yan Xi would reject his own speculation.

Three years passed in a flash, and the then 19-year-old boy had already reached adulthood.

The wedding banquet that was ruined by Ji Youran should be re-prepared. Given the eldest princess's personality, she will definitely choose a lady from a noble family who is good in every way for him.

He should be married now. Even if he thinks of me, he would probably just regret his naivety during his youth.

Thinking of this, Yan Xi relaxed a lot, and the guilt in his heart gradually faded away with the passage of time and self-comfort.

"Snowing!"

"Wow, so beautiful!"

Suddenly, there were the sounds of several children laughing and playing outside the yard. Yan Xi pulled his mind back from his memories, pushed open the door, and saw large flakes of falling snow.

This is the first snow of this winter. The beautiful snowflakes falling on our bodies give us a chill.

Yan Xi rarely felt like playing, and after a thin layer of snow covered the ground, she squatted down, rolled the snow into a small ball, and made a shape of herself.

She was having fun when she heard the sound of galloping horses outside the door.

The sound of horse hooves stopped at the gate of his yard, followed by the sound of "dong dong dong" knocking on the door.

Yanxi now lives in the backyard of his own inn. The small building in the front is for guests to live and have meals, and the back is where Yanxi and Aunt Sun's family usually live.

Now it is the end of the year and Aunt Sun and her family have returned home. Yan Xi closed the door of the inn and the cats spent the winter in the backyard.

'Why would anyone come now?'

Yanxi placed the snowman "Yanxi" on the windowsill and approached the door, then heard a sound outside.

"The Command Department is investigating a case and is passing through here. I want to borrow some hot water from the restaurant."

The voice was loud and clear, and he introduced himself in broad daylight. Yan Xi thought, he couldn't be a bad person.

I'm just a little confused as to why he would come here after the door was closed.

Yanxi entered the front yard and immediately understood the confusion.

The front door can only be completely locked from the inner room. When Aunt Sun went out, she closed the door with her. It was snowing and windy, so the door became half-open due to the gap.